What's coming from Colonial American Christian Writers

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Here's what's coming up from members of the Colonial American Christian Writers this month through March:

January

Path of Freedom by Jennifer Hudson Taylor (Abingdon). When Quakers Flora Saferight and Bruce Millikan embark on the Underground Railroad, they agree to put their differences aside to save the lives of a pregnant slave couple. With only her mother's quilt as a secret guide, the foursome follows the stitches through unknown treachery. As they embark on their perilous journey, they hope and pray that their path is one of promise where love sustains them, courage builds faith, and forgiveness leads to freedom.

I Choose You anthology, Elaine Marie Cooper (OakTara). This anthology features 38 short contemporary and historical romance stories. Elaine's chapter, The Tea Set, is set in New York City during World War I, involving a young widow, a soldier and a lonely 4-year-old.

A Forted Frontier Holiday: A Colonial American Fiction Anthology. Nine contributors to the blog Colonial Quills completed the serialized fiction in mid-January.

February

Beyond the Valley by Rita Gerlach (Abingdon). Book three in the Daughters of the Potomac series. When Sarah Carr's husband, Jamie, drowns, her young life is shattered and takes a turn that she never expected. Pregnant and widowed, she reaches out to Jamie's family for help, but they are unwilling. Instead they devise a plan to have her kidnapped and taken to the Colonies to live a life of servitude. Sarah's new life in the Colonies finds her surrounded by a family's whirlwind of secrets, while she hopes the young doctor she loves will bring her freedom.

The Reluctant Earl by C.J. Chase (Love Inspired Historical). Alone in a gentleman's bedchamber, rummaging through his clothing, governess Leah Vance risks social ruin. Only by selling political information can she pay for her sister's care. And the letter she found in Julian DeChambrelle's coat could be valuable — if the ex-sea captain himself had not just walked in.

Threads of Grace by Kelly Long (Thomas Nelson). Latest in the Patch of Heaven series. Grace's autistic son needs a life that is safe and consistent. Seth wants to leave his flirting days behind him and settle down. Deep in the heart of the Allegheny Mountains of Pennsylvania, the beautiful and weary Amish widow Grace Beiler is not looking for a husband — especially one so much younger than she is. But handsome — and smitten — Seth Wyse stumbles upon a way to help her, and they marry to keep Grace's autistic son safe from his ill-intentioned uncle. Grace soon discovers that she is far from immune to her young husband's experienced charm.

March

Ring of Secrets by Roseanna M. White (Harvest House). Book one in the Culper Ring Series is already available for purchase through some distributors. In 1779, Winter Reeves is an aristocratic American patriot forced to hide her heart amid the British loyalists of the city of New York. She has learned to keep her ears open so she can pass information on British movements to Robbie Townsend, her childhood friend, and his spy ring. If she's caught, she will be executed for espionage. Bennet Lane returns to New York from his Yale professorship with one goal: to find General Washington's spy hidden among the ranks of the city's elite. Both are determined to prevail at any cost…and each is committed to a separate cause. Will God lead them to a shared destiny or lives lived apart?

Forsaken Dreams: Escape to Paradise by MaryLu Tyndall (Barbour). After witnessing the death and destruction caused by the Civil War, Colonel Blake Wallace is eager to leave his once-precious Southern homeland for the pristine shores of Brazil and the prospect of a new utopian community. Widow Eliza Crawford seeks passage on Wallace's ship harboring a dirty secret — and a blossoming hope for a fresh start. But will dangers from the sea and from man keep them from the peace and love they long for?